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    • Oct 9, 1917
    Bud Messner is born in Luray, Virginia. He earns his lone country hit in 1950 by referencing two well-known songs in "Slipping Around With Jole Blon"
    Oct 15, 1917
    Entertainment executive Alan Livingston is born in McDonald, Pennsylvania. He runs Capitol Records in the 1960s, when the label includes The Beatles, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, The Beach Boys, Sonny James and Buck Owens
    Oct 20, 1917
    Songwriter Jerry Irby is born in New Braunfels, Texas. His biggest success comes with "Drivin' Nails In My Coffin," a hit for both Ernest Tubb and Floyd Tillman. Irby also pens Bob Wills' "Keeper Of My Heart"
    Oct 28, 1917
    Bill Bolick is born in Hickory, North Carolina. With younger brother Earl Bolick, he forms The Blue Sky Boys, who begin recording in 1935 and maintain an influential career into the 1960s
    Nov 12, 1917
    Pop singer Jo Stafford is born in Coalinga, California. She notches hits for 13 years, including the 1947 single "Feudin' And Fightin'," which appears on the country chart
    Nov 14, 1917
    Steel guitarist Noel Boggs is born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He becomes a major figure in western swing, recording with Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Merle Travis and The Sons Of The Pioneers, among others
    Nov 22, 1917
    Songwriter Bernie Lowe is born in Philadelphia. He authors Elvis Presley's hit "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear"
    Nov 29, 1917
    Merle Travis is born in Rosewood, Kentucky. He becomes an influential guitarist, records several late-1940s hits, and writes "Sixteen Tons" and "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)," earning membership in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Dec 13, 1917
    Wesley Tuttle is born in Lamar, Colorado. The guitarist and yodeler works with Merle Travis and The Sons Of The Pioneers, and contributes to the soundtrack of "Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs" before earning a handful of his own mid-1940s hits
    Dec 16, 1917
    Guitarist Jack Rivers is born. He contributes to Hank Thompson's first hit, "Humpty Dumpty Heart," and appears on a number of Johnny Bond successes



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